Owing to longstanding links between the Corcoran Department of History and the Law School, UVA is one of the nation’s premier centers for legal history. We have a large group, with depth in U.S. law and unusual range covering law’s history around the world. Members of our community study everything from crime in colonial Virginia and slaves’ use of the law to the Civil War and civil rights. We write about the law of piracy in the Mediterranean and legal relations across the Indian Ocean. Some of us explore colonial and post-colonial legal regimes from India to Mexico; others study modern human rights. We also contribute our scholarship to resolving current legal controversies. Our JD/MA program in legal history allows graduate and law students to share their distinct perspectives in their courses and outside of them. Two other activities bring us together. Our Legal History Workshop draws scholars from beyond UVA to discuss their scholarly work with us. More informally, we gather in a Legal History Writing Group to share writing in progress.
Legal History
Graduate Student
Office Hours: Wednesday 1:30-3:30 (virtual) and by appointment
Visiting Assistant Professor
356 Nau Hall
Office Hours: Tuesday 2-4pm or by appointment
Faculty
Associate Professor, Indian Ocean History, Rouhollah Ramazani Associate Professor of Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Studies
Nau 253
Office Hours: On leave Fall 2019-Spring 2020; by appointment
Associate Professor, Brockman Foundation Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professor
Nau 384
Office Hours: Fall 2020: On leave
Lecturer
Nau 238
Office Hours: T/Th 11:30am-12:15pm, 1:45pm-2:15pm, & by appointment
Arnold H. Leon Professor of Law and Dean of the School of Law, Professor of History
Law WB 389
Office Hours: F 12:00 - 1:30
Julian Bishko Professor of History, Professor of Law
Nau 454
Office Hours: Spring 2021 Tues./Th. 10:30-12:00; and by appointment
Assistant Professor
352 Nau Hall
Office Hours: Spring 2021: Tuesdays, 10:00am - 12:00pm, and by appointment
Professor
282 Nau
Office Hours:
Associate Professor
Nau 235
Office Hours: In Spring 2021 these will be conducted via ZOOM. Email me to arrange an appointment at a time that works.
Jay Berkowitz Professor of Jewish History, Ida and Nathan Kolodiz Director of Jewish Studies
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 11:30-1:00 and by appointment
Associate Professor
Nau 435
Office Hours: Wednesday 2-3:30
Associate Professor
234 Nau Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday, 10-11 and by appointment
Professor of Law, Professor of History
Law WB 302D
Associate Professor
Nau Hall 436
Office Hours: W 1:00-3:00, F 11:00-12:00 & by appointment
John B. Minor Professor of Law and Professor of History
361 Law
Office Hours: N/A
Associate Professor
Nau 355
Office Hours: By appointment